Phoenix — most often refers to: * Phoenix (mythology), a mythical bird that dies in flames and is reborn from the ashes * Phoenix, Arizona, a large city in the United States * Phoenix (spacecraft), a spacecraft that landed in the north polar region of… … Wikipedia
Greek drachma — ελληνική δραχμή (Greek) Modern drachma coins … Wikipedia
Phoenix dactylifera — Date palms, Rashidiya, Dubai Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae … Wikipedia
Phoenix of Tenedos — Phoenix (in Greek Φoινιξ; lived 4th century BC) was a native of Tenedos, who held a high rank in the army of Eumenes, 321 BC. In the great battle fought by the latter against Craterus and Neoptolemus, the command of the left wing, which was… … Wikipedia
Phoenix (son of Agenor) — Phoenix (Φοῖνιξ) in Greek mythology was a son of Agenor and either brother or father to Cadmus. See Agenor and Phoenix … Wikipedia
phoenix — O.E. and O.Fr. fenix, from M.L. phenix, from Gk. phoinix mythical bird, also the date (fruit and tree), also Phoenician, lit. purple red, perhaps a foreign word, or from phoinos blood red. Exact relation and order of the senses in Greek is… … Etymology dictionary
phoenix — ► NOUN ▪ (in classical mythology) a unique bird that periodically burned itself on a funeral pyre and was born again from the ashes. ORIGIN Greek phoinix Phoenician, reddish purple, or phoenix … English terms dictionary
Phoenix (mythology) — The phoenix (Ancient Greek: Φοῖνιξ, phoínix) is a mythical sacred firebird in ancient mythologies starting with the Greek and later the Egyptian and the Phoenician mythology. Appearance and Abilities A phoenix is a mythical bird with a tail of… … Wikipedia
Phoenix in popular culture — The phoenix has proved an enduring allegorical symbol, symbolizing rebirth, renewal or uniqueness and often appears in modern popular culture. In literature Antiquity *Classical references to the phoenix include the early Christian Apostolic… … Wikipedia
Phoenix — /fee niks/, n. 1. Class. Myth. a. the brother of Cadmus and Europa, and eponymous ancestor of the Phoenicians. b. a son of Amyntor and Cleobule who became the foster father of Achilles and who fought with the Greek forces in the Trojan War. 2. a… … Universalium
